Coach Moores refused to consider the South Africa-born batsman's credentials ahead of the West Indies tour however, despite Pietersen signing a new deal with Surrey in order to prove himself as a run-scorer at county level once more.

"For me Kevin's not on this trip, so I don't need to focus on Kevin at all," said Moores.

"My focus is to support Alastair (Cook) as I always would and the 16 players on this tour.

"At the end of that summer (last year) we'd gone through a tough summer, and started to play the sort of attacking cricket people like, and we like.

"That's our focus at the moment.

"From my point of view Kevin isn't on the radar.

"So he can't be in my or Cooky's focus at all."

England boss Moores revealed "frustration" that the speculation around Pietersen could continue to dominate the agenda, overshadowing debut Test calls for the likes of Yorkshire's Adam Lyth.

Moores said he would leave any long-term decisions on Pietersen's future to England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Graves - a stance backed by skipper Alastair Cook.